2016: Madison’s Jackson Has Highest W-L %
Rick Jackson, who guided the Madison Warhawks to a 12-2 record, two classic postseason victories, plus a third almost as riveting, has the leading won-loss record among San Diego County coaches with at least 100 career victories. Jackson is 120-36-4 in 12 seasons at Madison for a .768 percentage, including state championships in 2012 and […]
Read More1955: Principal Up to his Neck in Playoffs
A twist in the CIF Southern Section playoffs this year resulted in the Coronado principal twisting in the wind. Escondido and Coronado had tied for second place in the Avocado League. making either school eligible for the league’s runner-up berth in the Southern Division (small schools) postseason. So far, so good. But Escondido coach Walt West […]
Read More1955: Chula Vista’s Winningest Era
Chet DeVore was taken aback, if not incredulous. “I’m a basketball coach,” he told his boss. “I don’t have enough experience to coach football.” That was DeVore’s reaction in 1951 when Chula Vista High principal Joe Rindone, asked DeVore to head the Spartans’ football program. Few administrators have been so prescient. Forty-four wins, seven losses, […]
Read More2016 Week 16: Country Day Plays NFL Schedule
La Jolla Country Day will set a San Diego Section record tomorrow evening when it plays visiting Oakland McClymonds in the State Division V-A finals at 6 p.m. The championship will mark the 16th game, the length of a regular NFL season, for the Torreys since the since the start of the season. Madison and […]
Read More1958: Cinderella Was a Red Devil
An apparent CIF playoff loss by another San Diego-area team loomed when Sweetwater took possession after an Anaheim punt late in the third quarter, trailing in a first-round game, 7-0. What followed was legend. What Red Devils quarterback Wayne Sevier remembered, before he passed away in 1999, was “twenty-four plays, eighty-three yards, seven first downs, […]
Read More2016 Week 15: Cathedral Unanimous in Final Grid Poll
Cathedral, Madison, Mater Dei, and The Bishop’s comprise four of the final Top 10 selections in the weekly Union-Tribune poll and will begin quests for state championships this week. Cathedral was a unanimous choice as No. 1, earning first-place votes from all 27 panelists. La Jolla Country Day, which finished out of the Top 10 but […]
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